Given name & surname
Stoney
“as solid as a stone”
Stoney is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “as solid as a stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “as solid as a stone.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stoney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,260
- 3,092 boys · 168 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 259 babies
- 2025
- 49
- #3,302 for boys · #8,294 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +62%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,302 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 45.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 259 in 1963. It also appeared in 13 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,160 as a first name in 2020; 1,291 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stoney’s family of names
Stoney has a related form in Stone. Stoney has a related form in Stony. Stoney has a related form in Stonie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Stonevariant
- Stonivariant
- Stonievariant
- Stonyvariant
- Stonneylikely variant
- Stonesvariant
- Stonervariant
- Stoneavariant
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